10. Of peas and beans. 19 



And if it be very ranke grou«de, as is moche at euery [Foi. 8*.] 

 towne-syde, where catel doth resort, plowe not that 

 12 lande, tyll ye wyll sowe it; for if ye do, there wyll 



come vppe kedlokes and other wedes. And than sowe 1° "^"j^ 



'■ ^ ground sow 



it with beanes ; for if ye sowe pees, the kedlokes wyll beans, 

 hurte them ; and wha« ye se seasonable time, sow 



16 both pees and beanes, so that they be sowen in the 

 begynnynge of Marche. Howe shall ye knowe season- 

 able tyme ? go vppon the lande, that is plowed, and if it n the land 

 synge or cr}'e, or make any noyse vnder thy fete, than wef to sow*." 



20 it is to wete to sowe : and if it make no noyse, and 

 wyll beare thy horses, thanne sowe in the name of god. 

 But howe to sowe .'* Put thy pees in-to thy hopper, and How to sow 

 take a brode thonge, of ledder, or of garthe-webbe of 



24 an elle longe, and fasten it to bothe endes of the 

 hopper, and put it ouer thy heed, lyke a leysshe ; and 

 stande in the myddes of the lande, where the sacke 

 lyethe, the whiche is mooste conueniente for the fyllynge 



28 of thy hopper, and set thy lefte foote before, and take 

 an handefull of pees: and whan thou takeste vp thy 

 r)'ghte foote, than caste thy pees fro the all abrode ; and 

 whan thy lefte fote rj'seth, take an other handeful, and 



32 whan the r}ght fote ryseth, than cast them fro the. 



And so at euer}- ii. paces, thou shake sowe an hand- [FoI. 9.] 



ful of pees: and so se that the fote and the hande 



agree, and than ye shal sowe euen. And in your Cast them 



36 castynge, ye muste open as well your fyngers as your hande, ^ ^' 

 and the hyer and farther that ye caste your come, the 

 better shall it sprede, excepte it be a greatte wynde. 

 And if the lande be verye good, and wyll breke small 



40 in the plowynge, it is better to sowe after the ploughe 

 thanne tarj-e any lenger. 



